Heart of the Community
In 2021 and 2022, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso celebrated yet another milestone: a decade of life-changing education at the Hunt School of Nursing.
Since 2011, the school has made a significant impact in the community by reducing the nursing shortage while graduating students with bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Many of our students are first-generation and nontraditional, with an average age of 27. Hunt School of Nursing students often have challenging family responsibilities, sometimes as the sole financial provider and head of the household. The opportunity to earn a degree has improved the quality of life for them and their families.
The year-long celebration of the school’s 10th anniversary came to a close in May 2022 at the sold-out Cirque de Corazón event. Cirque de Corazón and other fundraising events throughout the year brought in $1.876 million for nursing student scholarships, thanks to the generosity of our supporters from the community.
Because of our partners, our donors, our champions … the heart of health care continues to beat at the Hunt School of Nursing.